by Ken Brown HARDWICK – Hazen Union’s Xavier Hill will play multiple sports in his upcoming senior campaign and when he finally laces up his basketball shoes one final time for the Wildcats this winter, he’ll leave behind a family legacy of unprecedented winning that goes back multiple generations. Hill[Read More…]
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Hinesburg’s Bouchard Takes First Responders Night Victory
BARRE – With a quickly turned-around and rescheduled night of racing at Thunder Road following SRX’s cancellation, the Central Vermont community returned to The Nation’s Site of Excitement in droves for First Responders Appreciation Night on July 20. The night gave way with four new winners in the 2023 season[Read More…]
Senior Spotlight: Caitlyn Davison Inspiring Future Lady Cats
by Ken Brown HARDWICK – As one of the best high school basketball and soccer players in the state of Vermont the past two seasons, Caitlyn Davison has been equally as impressive as a role model for future Lady Cat stars, and she’ll embark on a highly anticipated senior campaign[Read More…]
Hazen Hoop News
by Ken Brown HARDWICK – Head coach Aaron Hill has been impressed early on with several up-and-coming and returning players for his Wildcat basketball program this summer as camps and summer league get into full swing this week. Earlier this month, Hill took his squad to the St. Johnsbury Academy[Read More…]
Caspian Challenge Road Race to be Held July 30
GREENSBORO – The twelfth annual Caspian Challenge and 5k race will be held Sunday, July 30, at 8:30 a.m., at the Ballfield in Greensboro (corner of Lakeshore and Breezy Ave). The race consists of the classic, rolling 6.7-mile loop around Caspian Lake as well as a flat, out-and-back 5k race.[Read More…]
McCarthy Reaches Podium at Nationals
MCDONALD, Penn. ̶ Elizabeth McCarthy of Walden shook off adversity to excel in track and field at the 2023 National Senior Games. McCarthy and her husband, Tim Hogeboom, were among the 10,000-plus athletes who converged on Pittsburgh, July 7 to July 18, for the biennial Olympic-style senior competition. McCarthy’s fifth[Read More…]
Hot and Heavy Midseason Championships Builds
BARRE – An incredibly hot night high atop Quarry Hill in Barre, set up for one of the most hotly contested Midseason Championships on record. All four divisions battled it out to join the wins list along with the double purse in store to boot with the intensity as soaring[Read More…]
Senior Spotlight: Craftsbury Academy’s Alan Moody is Taking it to the Next Level
by Ken Brown CRAFTSBURY – Recent Craftsbury Academy (CA) graduate Alan Moody is bringing his talents to the west coast this fall and will test his skills at the next level after starring for the Chargers in their cross country and track and field programs the past four years. Moody[Read More…]
Locals Place High in Mile Run
by Jim Flint MONTPELIER – The iconic July 3 Montpelier Mile race kicked off the Capital City’s annual Independence Day Celebration. The pre-parade run was sponsored by Onion River Outdoors, with support from Central Vermont Runners and volunteers. As crowds of spectators lined State Street and Main Street, the diverse[Read More…]
Richards Wins Second State-Am Title
by Ken Brown BARRE – Former U-32 High School and University of Rhode Island (URI) standout Bryson Richards captured his second Vermont Amateur last week at his home course The Country Club of Barre. The smooth lefty, who is the son of former Craftsbury Academy great Pete Richards, fired a[Read More…]
Senior Spotlight: Meles Gouge has the Golden Boot
by Ken Brown MARSHFIELD – Meles Gouge has been a multi-sport athlete for Twinfield-Cabot the past three seasons but has few peers when he steps foot on the soccer pitch as his prolific goal scoring has made the Trojans into a perennial title contender. Gouge came to the Marshfield community[Read More…]
